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Berkeley, CA – PBA Galleries announced a Platinum Auction of Elite Americana & Rare Maps on June 30th, 2022. The sale comprises a selection of 96 rare, important, and valuable examples of historical Americana, including much on Mexico, from printed books and manuscripts to cartography and…
London — Forum Auctions is excited to present a private collection of exceptional culinary literary works that, as well as spanning five centuries, takes us on a fascinating gastronomic journey of discovery. The collection was carefully curated over a period of 40 years by the late Caroline…
London – The name Peter Burra is now largely forgotten, yet before his untimely death in a plane crash in April 1937 he was regarded as one of Britain’s finest and most influential critics. At school and Oxford with the tenor Peter Pears he was friends of the composers Benjamin Britten and Lennox…
Los Angeles – From fairytales to theme parks and Harry Potter to Game of Thrones, the Middle Ages have been mythologized, dramatized, and re-envisioned time and again, proving an irresistible point of inspiration for creative reinterpretations. The stories and images of…
Charlottesville, VA — Rare Book School is pleased to announce that Kenneth W. Rendell and Shirley McNerney have generously endowed an annual lecture on the importance of original manuscripts and rare books to human understanding. The Kenneth W. Rendell Endowed Lecture at Rare Book School will focus…
Often referred to as the most important book in English literature, Shakespeare's First Folio is an extraordinary piece of history dating back to 1623.
Minneapolis, MN — Please join us in congratulating the 2022 McKnight Book Artist Fellows, CB Sherlock and Corinne Teed! CB is a letterpress printer, book artist, and paper engineer, and Corinne is a research-based artist working in printmaking, book arts, time-based media, and social practice.
New York — In an online auction which closed at Sotheby's today, a fireproof copy of Margaret Atwood's celebrated novel, The Handmaid's Tale was sold for $130,000, with all proceeds to benefit PEN America. Created in partnership with Penguin Random House, the book helped raise awareness of the…
Wilton, CT – Extensive and historically significant archives pertaining to Civil War generals (one for the Union, one for the Confederacy), a typed letter signed by Albert Einstein concerning God and science and pertaining to one of his most famous quotes, and Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to…
London — Christie’s announces First Editions, Second Thoughts: An Auction to Benefit English PEN, a landmark literary auction taking place online from 28 June - 12 July comprising First Edition books and works of art from contemporary artists and authors, each of which has been uniquely annotated,…
